Prebuilt root filesystem archives consumed by LinuxInstallerForWindows.
GitHub Actions builds the app's supported distributions for linux/amd64, compresses each exported filesystem as rootfs.tar.zst, calculates a SHA-256 checksum, and publishes the files to the stable rootfs-latest release. The generated manifest.json is the API used by the desktop app.
These files are minimal container-derived root filesystems, not bootable disk images. The installer is responsible for extracting an archive into the target Linux filesystem and configuring the kernel, initramfs, users, networking, and bootloader.
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Fedora 40
- Debian 12
- Manjaro Rolling
- Arch Linux Rolling
The workflow runs when its inputs change, on the first day of each month, or through the GitHub Actions workflow_dispatch button. Edit distros.json to change the build matrix or user-facing metadata.
The rootfs-latest release contains one archive and checksum per distribution plus manifest.json. Consumers must verify the manifest-provided SHA-256 value before using a downloaded archive.